Grandma’s Potato & Cheese Pierogi

Today there is something special for you, a great guest on my blog, let me introduce you my friend’s Grandma. She is leaving in the Eastern Poland in Włodawa, near Belarus and Ukrainian border and has made thousands of pierogi in her life:) Her favorite are Pierogi Ruskie, made with potato and cheese filling. Ladies and Gentelmen, best Grandma’s Potato & Cheese Pierogi!

Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour

1 cup warmed water

3 tbs oil

salt

250 g/ 8 oz dry farmers cheese

500 g/ 1 lb boiled potatoes

1 onion

Place flour on the table, make a well in the center. Add oil, season with salt. Gradually add water and knead until you get a smooth dough. Let it rest for half an hour. In the meantime prepare the filling.

Filling: Fork blend cooked potatoes, add farmers cheese and continue mixing with a fork till ingredients will incorporate. Add chopped and sauteed in butter onion. Season with salt and pepper.

Sprinkle the table with flour. Roll out the dough thinly and cut with a glass. Assemble a teaspoon of the filling in the middle of each circle, fold and seal the edges to close the dumpling.

Place dumplings on the cloth. In the meantime bring to boil a large pot with water. Add a teaspoon of salt. Drop pierogi in, wait till them come up to the surface and let it simmer for 2 more minutes. Take them out with a slotted spoon.